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Auction archive: Lot number 809

A VERY RARE CARVED IVORY MEDALLION

Estimate
US$25,000 - US$35,000
Price realised:
US$30,000
Auction archive: Lot number 809

A VERY RARE CARVED IVORY MEDALLION

Estimate
US$25,000 - US$35,000
Price realised:
US$30,000
Beschreibung:

A VERY RARE CARVED IVORY MEDALLION
MING DYNASTY (1368-1644)
A VERY RARE CARVED IVORY MEDALLION MING DYNASTY (1368-1644) The top finely carved in deep relief with a scene of boys standing on a terrace beside a garden rock and roses while watching a cock fight, with large lotus leaves and distant mountains in the background, with a band of key fret around the outer edge, the conical reverse centered by the remains of an iron pin surrounded by eight 'precious' objects supported by clouds alternating with further auspicious emblems 3¼ in. (8.2 cm.) diam., wood stand

Auction archive: Lot number 809
Auction:
Datum:
25 Mar 2010
Auction house:
Christie's
25 March 2010, New York, Rockefeller Center
Beschreibung:

A VERY RARE CARVED IVORY MEDALLION
MING DYNASTY (1368-1644)
A VERY RARE CARVED IVORY MEDALLION MING DYNASTY (1368-1644) The top finely carved in deep relief with a scene of boys standing on a terrace beside a garden rock and roses while watching a cock fight, with large lotus leaves and distant mountains in the background, with a band of key fret around the outer edge, the conical reverse centered by the remains of an iron pin surrounded by eight 'precious' objects supported by clouds alternating with further auspicious emblems 3¼ in. (8.2 cm.) diam., wood stand

Auction archive: Lot number 809
Auction:
Datum:
25 Mar 2010
Auction house:
Christie's
25 March 2010, New York, Rockefeller Center
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